Public gets its say on Cambridge trans fat ban
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff
With Cambridge poised to become the third Massachusetts municipality to ban artery-clogging trans fat, the public gets its say tomorrow during a City Hall hearing. The meeting is scheduled from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Sullivan Chamber at City Hall, at 795 Massachusetts Ave.
The City Council has endorsed the ban on trans fat in restaurants, and it will become a part of city health regulations July 1. However, health authorities will not begin enforcing the prohibition until a year later, giving chefs time to alter their recipes.
Last year, Brookline became the first Bay State town to adopt a ban on trans fat, which has been linked to heart disease. Boston embraced a similar regulation in January.
The Cambridge ban applies to freshly prepared food in restaurants, not to packaged food with labels indicating the trans fat content.
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